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Award-Winning Fiction Writer Alexi Zentner Comes to UC
Jackson Lunch Hour Series Wednesday at 12:30
Written By Sydney Bell '11, PR Intern
Author to publish first novel this spring
Contact - cleogrande@utica.edu
Utica, NY (02/08/2011) - The Professor Harry F. and Mary Ruth Jackson Lunch Hour Series presents fiction writer Alexi Zentner on Wednesday, Feb. 9.Zentner’s first novel, Touch, will be published this spring in the U.S. by W.W. Norton, in Canada by Knopf Canada, and in the UK by Chatto & Windus. Touch will also be published in Italy, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Israel and Korea.
Zentner’s fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic, Narrative Magazine, Tin House, Glimmer Train, Slice Magazine, Orion Magazine and other publications. His short story “Touch” was featured in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 where it was chosen as a jury favorite. His short story “Trapline” was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize and named to the Best American Short Stories 2009 list of “100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2008.” His short stories “Touch,” and “The Adjuster” were also selected for special mention in the 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology.
Zentner was born in Kitchener, Ontario, and currently lives in Ithaca, N.Y., with his wife and two daughters. He holds both Canadian and American citizenship.
Zentner will speak in Macfarlane Auditorium, DePerno Hall at 12:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.utica.edu/culture or call (315) 792-3028. The event is free and open to the public.
Literary programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
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